The past few weeks in Syria has seen its people bear witness to colossal changes in the country and to events that have unfolded very quickly. The initial days were marked with tens of thousands of …
In 2024, communities in Afghanistan continued to face significant challenges to access basic necessities such as healthcare, food and clean water. The humanitarian situation in the country remains …
… forced to walk for hours through destroyed streets to find drinking water – that which …
… which left hundreds of bodies strewn in the streets. The ICRC is helping the DRC Red Cross … tirelessly to recover the bodies left in the streets, take measures to prevent epidemics …
January to December 2024 In 2024, families in South Sudan continued to face significant challenges in meeting basic needs amid armed conflict and violence as well as in the context of increasing …
… from the fray. As I walked through the streets and into a restaurant, I could feel …
An overview of ICRC activities in Jordan in 2024 "2024 was an exceptional year for us marking 75 years on the passing of the Geneva Conventions with a focus on key humanitarian activities in Jordan …
Through our delegation in Yerevan and sub-delegation in Goris, we continued to support those affected by the conflict escalations in 2020-2023. We continued facilitating resilience-building programs …
… buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand. Thousands of …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been at the forefront of humanitarian action in Afghanistan for decades, responding to the needs of people affected by armed conflict and …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
